From the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsus [Paperback]

The second volume of Translated Documents of Greece and Rome is a collection of English translations with commentary and bibliography, ancient and modern, of the major inscriptions and historical fragments relating to the history of Greece in the fourth century BC. The book is designed to supplement existing translations of the extant historical works of the period, so that the student who knows neither Greek nor Latin can study the fourth century in greater depth than has previously been possible. The period covered by this collection includes the restoration of the democracy at Athens in 403/2, the creation of the Second Athenian Naval League, the Theban hegemony, the Sacred and Social Wars, the rise of Philip of Macedon, the career of his son Alexander, the Lamian War and, finally, the first rounds of the battle for the succession. There are documents from places as far apart as Priene and Tegea, but the majority come from Athens. This collection includes such material as alliances and peace treaties, honorific decrees, catalogues of temple deposits and naval equipment, laws, accounts, dedications, legal decisions, royal correspondence, constitutions and some important fragments of narrative histories. This book will be welcomed by teachers and students of ancient history.Volume editor's introduction; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Symbols; 1. Ancient chronology; 2. Alliance between Athens and Eretria; 3. Rewards for the liberators of Athens from the Thirty; 4. Dedicatory epigram to Lysandros; 5. Athens honours loyal Samians; 6. The Athenians adopt the Ionian alphabet; 7. Athens honours the heroes of Phyle; 8. Thcozotides and the Athenian orphans; 9. The revised Athenian law-code (the calendar of sacrifices; 10. Extract from an inventory of the treasures of Athena and of the Other Gods; 11. Internal politics in Athens, Corinth, Thebes and Argos as the real cause of the Corinthian War; 12. The activities of Konon; 13. The battle of Sardis; 14. Alliance between lƒÐ